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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Michael Edward Pollock of Urbana, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on May 28, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock was born in Cleveland, Ohio on | ||||||
| 6 | June 5, 1949; he, his older sister, Betsy Lou, and the rest of | ||||||
| 7 | his family eventually landed in Highland Park; he graduated | ||||||
| 8 | from the University of Illinois in 1967 with majors in | ||||||
| 9 | political science and history, and where he was involved in the | ||||||
| 10 | civil rights and anti-war movements; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock married Renee and they spent 45 | ||||||
| 12 | years together; they had two children, Elisabeth (Christian | ||||||
| 13 | Ray) and Henry, and two grandchildren, Gabriel and Tristan; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock was a co-owner of Record Service, | ||||||
| 15 | a mainstay of the alternative campus community, where he spent | ||||||
| 16 | 27 years; he was an Urbana alderman for eight years, chairman | ||||||
| 17 | of the Urbana Plan Commission for 12 years, and board member | ||||||
| 18 | and president of the Eastern Illinois Foodbank; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock went back to school at Eastern | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois University, earning a teaching certificate and a | ||||||
| 21 | master's degree in history; he began his second career as a | ||||||
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| 1 | social studies teacher at Urbana High School; he loved working | ||||||
| 2 | with students and introducing them to the world of critical | ||||||
| 3 | thinking and historical analysis; he wrote a class called | ||||||
| 4 | Modern American History through film and music; his room rocked | ||||||
| 5 | with music, often to the dismay of his colleagues; he was also | ||||||
| 6 | department head and the sponsor for the Gay-Straight Alliance; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock ran a mock election program, | ||||||
| 9 | registered voters, and had many students work as county | ||||||
| 10 | election judges to encourage their future involvement in civic | ||||||
| 11 | life; he also mentored many student teachers; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Michael Pollock enjoyed gardening, canning, | ||||||
| 13 | biking, reading, woodworking, and creating quirky idiomatic | ||||||
| 14 | art; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 17 | Michael Edward Pollock, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 18 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Michael Pollock as an expression of | ||||||
| 22 | our deepest sympathy.
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